# Fishmeal Prices Expected to Rise Amid Peru's Extended Fishing Ban | Feed Strategy

> Peru extended its coastal fishing closure through the end of October after surveys found spawning had begun. Peruvian fishmeal output has roughly halved since the start of the year as El Niño strengthens, according to IFFO.

- Date: 2026-09-01 · published 2026-09-01T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region Peru · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/17561-fishmeal-prices-expected-to-rise-amid-peru-s-extended-fishing-ban-feed-strategy
- Commodities: [Fishmeal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/FISHMEAL.md), [Soybean Meal](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SBM.md)

## Why it matters

With Peru's main fishery shut, global fishmeal supply is constrained and prices are expected to rise toward record levels. Buyers of feed protein are likely to face higher costs.

## Read by commodity

- SBM: bullish ▲
- FISHMEAL: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| SBM | 2023-08-03 | [Peru's fishing shutdown drives global fishmeal shortage \| Feed Strategy](https://feedsoft.ai/events/34467-peru-s-fishing-shutdown-drives-global-fishmeal-shortage-feed-strategy.md) | -4.5% | -5.6% |
| SBM | 2019-03-14 | [Aquafeed.com \|
   

   
    Peruvian fishmeal production expected to fall in 2019](https://feedsoft.ai/events/59988-aquafeed-com-peruvian-fishmeal-production-expected-to-fall-in-2019.md) | +3.8% | +3.3% |
| SBM | 2020-09-18 | [Soybean prices hit 2-year high amid ASF recovery \| Feed Strategy](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51114-soybean-prices-hit-2-year-high-amid-asf-recovery-feed-strategy.md) | +1.0% | +12.6% |
| SBM | 2026-07-01 | [Peru extends anchovy fishing suspension again, threatening global fishmeal supply](https://feedsoft.ai/events/18701-peru-extends-anchovy-fishing-suspension-again-threatening-global-fishmeal-supply.md) | +2.2% | +6.7% |
| SBM | 2026-10-19 | [Prices for Russian fishmeal could return to $3,000 per ton amid the deepening supply crisis from Peru \| Free \| FISH MARKET — FishNet.ru](https://feedsoft.ai/events/520-prices-for-russian-fishmeal-could-return-to-3-000-per-ton-amid-the-deepening.md) | -1.6% | — |

## Sources

- feedstrategy.com: https://www.feedstrategy.com/animal-nutrition/aquaculture/article/15833794/fishmeal-prices-expected-to-rise-amid-perus-extended-fishing-ban

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